*Extra 6: Prediction Before Thunderstorm

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Thirteen years ago.

  17 years old, sophomore in high school.

  "There is a thunderstorm in our city today, please go out..."

  The crackling raindrops hit the hospital window like glass marbles, making a piercing sound.

  Xie Shiyu was taking care of his mother all night. His stomach cancer was at an advanced stage. The doctor said that he would not survive this year.

  My mother had stomach pains before, but I didn't take care of it as a chronic problem. It cost several hundred dollars to go to the hospital for a gastroscopy. My mother was reluctant, and maybe she was a little afraid that something would be found out, so she never came to the hospital for a physical examination.

  Xie Shiyu often worked outside to subsidize his family, so he didn't notice his mother's condition in time. By the time they found out, it was already late.

  It is said that the survival rate of advanced gastric cancer is less than 94%

  . Tick, tick...

  The drips in the hanging bottle fall drop by drop, and these nutrients are continuously injected into the mother's sick body. But Xie Shiyu looked at the drip in the hanging bottle and listened to the Subtle voice, I feel that this is the sound of life flowing away bit by bit. It can only be watched, and it cannot be recovered.

  Buzzing-

  the alarm clock on the mobile phone vibrated at 06:00.

  Xie Shiyu, who hadn't slept all night, pressed the alarm clock. His phone was always on vibrate, afraid that the ringtone would disturb his mother.

  Every morning at six o'clock is Xie Shiyu's bedtime. He just lay down beside the hospital bed and slept for 18 minutes.

  At 06:19, Xie Shiyu would force himself to wake up, get up, and prepare mother's breakfast.

  ,

  With only ten minutes to sleep, Xie Shiyu slept very unsteadily, in a daze, he felt like he was in a white room... It was

  like a hospital, but it was different from the ward, the windows there were small, The bed is as small as a long cabinet, and the most important thing is that it is empty, without any medical equipment.

  There was a person lying on the bed like a cabinet. His head was covered with a white sheet.

  is a dead man.

  Xie Shiyu realized in his dream where this place was: the morgue.

  He wasn't afraid. For Xie Shiyu, who had his body divided at the age of thirteen, the corpse was nothing to be afraid of. He naturally stepped forward to uncover the white cloth to see who died...

  Xie Shiyu actually had a bottom line in his heart, and he even had a premonition that he might be dreaming, his mother's stomach cancer was terminal, so he dreamed of this The scene seemed reasonable, the doctor actually informed him two months ago that he might need to prepare for his funeral.

  The white bed was in front of him, and Xie Shiyu walked towards it, but the closer he got, the more a strange feeling gripped him, making his heart beat violently, as if... nervous.

  Xie Shiyu felt inconceivable that he was so nervous. Since he was a child, he had hardly been nervous when facing death. Whether it was dealing with murderous demons when he was seven years old, or doing it himself when he was thirteen years old, his heart had never been nervous. Jump like this.

  After walking two steps closer, Xie Shiyu in the dream could see the raised outline on the white sheet a little bit, as if... a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

  The only thing that was certain was that there was no bulge in the chest of this corpse, so there was no doubt that it was a male corpse.

  - not mother.

  Who is dead?

  Xie Shiyu restrained his crazy heartbeat, he stretched out his hand to uncover the white cloth -

  "Woof! Bark woof -"

  There was a sudden bark behind him, Xie Shiyu turned his head and saw a huge black dog rushing towards him -

  ,

  Tick, Tick

  Xie Shi Yumeng woke up from the hospital bed, it was 06:19, and he had slept for exactly eighteen minutes.

  "Hey, Xiao Xie, are you still there? Don't you go to class today?"

  The nurse who came to make rounds came in.

  Xie Shiyu responded, scratched his sleepy hair, and got up to prepare mother's breakfast.

  "Let me help you..."

  Seeing the busy 17-year-old boy in front of him, the nurse couldn't help but want to help him:

  "I'll feed your mother when she wakes up. You can go to class today." "

  It's okay." Xie Shiyu smiled, "It's okay to be a class or two late."

  The nurse: "You are also a sophomore in high school, and you have to keep up with your studies. Go, it's okay, I'll feed you. "

  Xie Shiyu hesitated for a moment, the dream just now made him very uncomfortable, he rarely dreamed, especially this kind of dream, which seemed inexplicable and seemed to have some symbolic meaning.

  The sister nurse enthusiastically took the breakfast lunch box prepared by Xie Shiyu, sat by Xie Shiyu's mother's bed, and prepared to take care of her: "Go to

  class quickly."

  "Thank you."

  Xie Shiyu thanked, went to the bathroom to wash face, sober and sober. He shook the water on his face, walked back to the ward, picked up the schoolbag on the chair, he suddenly thought of something, stopped in the ward, hesitated for a moment, then turned around and asked, "How much is the hospitalization fee for this month

  ... about? "

  The nurse sighed and shook her head: "I don't know, you can go down and check the list at the end of the month." "

  Oh, yes. Thank you."

  Xie Shiyu walked out of the ward with his schoolbag on his back.

  He is not a naive high school student. He knows how expensive hospital stays are and how difficult it is to get a better bed, so he almost relies on relationships.

  But his mother was hospitalized, and a separate bed was vacated just now. It was amazing to live in it. The chief expert for treating gastric cancer happened to have a free period. He performed an operation on his mother. He had removed half of his stomach before. It was very successful, his mother recovered for about half a year, but now the cancer cells have spread again...

  Xie Shiyu made a rough calculation for such a series of expenses, at least two to three hundred thousand, and living in this kind of independent ward would cost three to four figures a day.

  But it's amazing, every time the bill is paid at the end of the month, it turns out to be several thousand yuan, and the sum of seven or seventy-eight eighty-eight is only tens of thousands of yuan.

  Xie Shiyu felt incredible, but every time he took the bill, because he didn't know much about medical equipment, he didn't know which one counted his money and which one didn't.

  Moreover, no one has ever gone to the hospital and said: You undercounted my money, and you counted more.

  Thinking about this series of situations... Xie Shiyu stood at the gate of the hospital, looking at the name of the building: City B First Hospital.

  It is the best tertiary hospital in the city.

  --Grandpa Chu Feng is the director of this hospital.

  However, Xie Shiyu didn't tell Chu Feng too much about his family.

  From childhood to adulthood, his father took drugs, his mother stole, and later was chased by usury, in short, Xie Shiyu would not tell Chu Feng about all the bad things. He is not in the same class as Chu Feng now, and Chu Feng can't see what he does every day.

  Chu Feng has been studying in the rocket class, and he needs to take intensive remedial classes after class, and the meeting time is greatly reduced compared to junior high school, and sometimes they meet for a short time after school. Xie Shiyu didn't want to talk about his mother's cancer at that time, basically he just said Some interesting things about the school, I saw Chu Feng smiling happily, and then said goodbye.

  He briefly mentioned once or twice that his mother was not in good health, but he didn't go into too much detail. All the messy things like terminal stomach cancer, money owed by the family, and the usury borrowed by the drug-addicted father came to the door again. Don't mention it.

  But now...

  Xie Shiyu looked at the tall name of this tertiary hospital, and thought of all the care he and his mother received in the hospital.

  Even if he didn't say it, Chu Feng probably knew about it.

  Xie Shiyu scratched his head, regretting that he didn't confess to Chu Feng that such a big change happened in his family, but he kept it from Chu Feng, who was closest to him.

  But Chu Feng already knew about it, and he was silently taking care of him in his own way, just waiting for him to confess honestly.

  Xie Shiyu turned on the phone, stayed at Chu Feng's number in the address book, and edited the text message:

  [Are you free after school? ]

  When he was about to send it out, Xie Shiyu hesitated for a moment, he was a little unsure whether Chu Feng's mobile phone was kept in his own hands. Chu Feng has a mobile phone for communication. It seems that he only takes it with him when he travels far or goes to class outside. It is used to contact his parents, but when he usually goes to school, maybe this mobile phone will be in the hands of his parents.

  When he sends out this text message, it is a gift from thousands of miles away.

  Xie Shiyu thought about it and deleted the text message. He wanted to make a phone call, but he saw the time was 6:30.

  Most people would think that something urgent happened when they received such an early call, and Chu Feng was busy with school, so he probably didn't have much time to chat. I heard that the rocket class seems to be going to S City to participate in the summer training. I don't know if Chu Feng has been selected, but he should have been selected...

  Xie Shiyu was standing at the station in front of the hospital waiting for the bus to go to school. Long, with a schoolbag on one shoulder, standing under the mottled iron stop sign, there is a kind of decadent handsomeness.

  He randomly pressed on the phone, wanted to find Chu Feng, but was afraid of disturbing his study, stared at Chu Feng's phone number, edited the text message over and over again, and then deleted it.

  Hang Chi, Hang Chi. The bus came into the station, Xie Shiyu got on the bus, pulled the hanging bracelet, and stood by the window, with the folded umbrella neatly inserted in the side pocket of the schoolbag.

  The sky was gloomy, with dark clouds and thunderstorms approaching.

  The cool wind was blowing on his face with wet rain vapor, Xie Shiyu put down his cell phone, a flame seemed to be ignited in his heart, a flame of anxiety, urging him to see Chu Feng, immediately, immediately.

  The dream this morning, like a small note added to the book, floated out of my mind: the

  snow-white morgue, the big dog that suddenly jumped out.

  It was a very strange dream. Xie Shiyu slapped his hand, turned on his mobile phone Baidu, and searched: What does it mean to dream of a dog?

  [Zhougong Dream Interpretation.com analyzes for you]:

  [Dog represents loyalty and is a good friend of human beings. Dreaming of a dog is usually a good omen, which symbolizes that you have good fortune recently and may get a large windfall] [A woman dreams of a

  dog , which means that he may find a loyal partner in love. A man dreams of a dog, which symbolizes that he will develop in the business field...]

  Xie Shiyu looked at these general words, a little impatient, he scrolled down, There are many explanations below, what dream about a puppy, dreaming of a dog biting a cat, dreaming of a dog biting a snake... Dogs also symbolize interpersonal relationships.

  Xie Shiyu paused in this line.

  [Sometimes dreaming of a dog symbolizes the status of your partner or friend]

  [Dreaming of a dog biting you indicates that your relationship is not good and you may be tricked by villains]

  Xie Shiyu thought about it, the dog in the dream was indeed He rushed to bite himself, but... Strictly speaking, it seemed that if he didn't bite, the dream would have ended.

  [If you dream of a ferocious big dog jumping at you, it indicates that your friend or lover will encounter major changes and may die. ]

  The hand holding the phone froze severely.

  Xie Shiyu thought of the morgue in his dream. On the bed was a male corpse. But the mother who didn't know the serious illness.

  Moreover, that outline is a little familiar.   

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